On November 22, 2024, the NYU Law Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement (PCCE) hosted a conference titled “New Directions in Corporate and Individual Enforcement.” At the conference, Nicole Argentieri, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), delivered remarks on DOJ’s corporate enforcement policies, including recent policy changes. A note on DOJ’s blog regarding these changes is reprinted below and is available here. More resources on DOJ’s corporate enforcement policies are available here.
Nicole Argentieri, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, DOJ (©Hollenshead: Courtesy of NYU Photo Bureau)
A crucial element of the Justice Department’s fight against white collar crime is transparency — being clear about what we at the department are doing and why. As someone who has spent significant time as a defense lawyer, I know from personal experience how important it is to be able to explain to your client — whether that client is an individual or a board of directors at a publicly traded company — what is happening in an investigation, how the government might view their actions, and the risks and the benefits of proceeding in a certain way.
